As we know, Europeana is an internet
portal that acts as an interface to millions of books, paintings, films, museum
objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe.(from
Wikipedia explain)

When I found Europeana website on 3 to 4 years ago, I was touched by too many archives, so I was enjoying to watch their pages. Later, I knew that Europeana has their twitter account(@Europeanaeu), so followed them.

I was really excited to watching amazing
archives, so actually I didn’t want to telling their site for others…haha. Europeana
is very wonderful archive.

I have been worked in books and magazines.
In other side, the Europe reached 100th anniversary of WWI in 2014. I began to
portrait artwork series“The artwork for the Lost Empire”which are inspired by
old portrait photographs. This personal project is still continuing.

I feel nostalgia from old photographs, and
I feel the uniform details are very craftwork. Though, I have never any political thoughts
and will never agree with such things. The important for me is that these were
certainly existed.

I'm deeply touched by stories of my European friends. Their great-grandparents and grandparents lived in wartime and they spent in very hard time. Of course, my grandparents also lived in such era.

Almost people in old photograph already might not live in this world. The landscape already might be lost. Even so, archives would show us that the time existed once and each memories are living in their hearts.

Kumiko Sakaki

Pro Illustrator Kumiko Sakaki has been worked in books and magazines. In other side, I have been painted the European uniforms from the pre of the WWI to WWII. Europe reached the 100th anniversary from WWI in 2014, and I began to portrait artworks that inspired from old portrait photographs. This personal project is still continuing. I feel nostalgia from old photographs, and I feel the uniform details are very craftwork. Though, I have never any political thoughts and will never agree with such things. The important for me is that these were certainly existed. I would just pay homage to all war dead and pray for them.